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Charles and Elizabeth Townshend
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Wroxham, Norfolk
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A2048951
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16 November 2003

My Grandparents used to tell me about how during the latter days of the war they would sit at the bottom of their garden and look over towards Europe where they would occasionally see pinpricks of light heading up into the sky. These were, of course, V-weapons being launched against the cities.

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